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Carmen Maci Bobes
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Fundamento y objetivos: los anticuerpos anti-receptor de tirotropina son Background and objectives: Thyrotropin-receptor antibodies are cha-
caractersticos de la enfermedad de Graves-Basedow. En la poblacin racteristic of patients with Graves disease. They are not detected in
general sana no se detectan, pero se ha comunicado su presencia en the healthy general population, but their presence has been communi-
otras enfermedades tiroideas autoinmunitarias. El objetivo de este trabajo cated in other autoimmune thyroid diseases. The objective of this work
consiste en investigar, mediante un ensayo de uso clnico, la prevalencia consists of researching, by means of a commercially available test, the
de detectabilidad y positividad de estos anticuerpos en pacientes con prevalence of these antibodies in patients with autoimmune spontaneous
hipotiroidismo autoinmunitario espontneo. hypothyroidism.
Pacientes y mtodos: se llev a cabo un estudio transversal en adultos no Patients and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in adult
hospitalizados, y sin enfermedad aguda, con hipotiroidismo, subclnico outpatients without acute illness, with primary or subclinical hypothyroi-
o franco, con o sin bocio, y sin oftalmopata tiroidea, que acudieron a dism, with or without goiter, and without thyroid associated ophthalmo-
una consulta externa de Endocrinologa. Se realizaron determinaciones pathy, who had been referred to an Endocrinology clinic. Determinations
de tiroxina libre, tirotropina, anticuerpos anti-peroxidasa tiroidea y anti- of free thyroxine, thyrotropin, thyroid peroxidase antibodies and thyrotro-
cuerpos anti-receptor de tirotropina. El tamao muestral calculado, para pin-receptor antibodies were carried out. The calculated sample size was
una proporcin esperada de detectabilidad de anticuerpos anti-receptor 45 individuals, for a given prevalence of thyrotropin-receptor antibodies
de tirotropina del 3%, un nivel de confianza del 95% y una precisin of 3%, a confidence level of 95% and a precision level of 5%.
del 5%, fue de 45 individuos. Results: Men accounted for 15.6% of the patients, 20% of the whole
Resultados: un 15,6% de los pacientes eran hombres, un 20% pre- group had goiter, 24.4% had primary hypothyroidism, and the presence
sentaban bocio, un 24,4% era portador de un hipotiroidismo franco, y of peroxidase thyroid antibodies was demonstrated in 73.3% of the sub-
en un 73,3% se demostr la presencia de anticuerpos anti-peroxidasa jects. A statistically significant relationship was not found between these
en el suero. No se objetiv una relacin estadsticamente significativa last two properties. Thyrotropin-receptor antibodies were detectable in
entre estas dos ltimas caractersticas. La prevalencia de anticuerpos 2 patients (4.4%), but positive in none.
anti-receptor de tirotropina fue nula para positividad y de un 4,4% para Conclusions: The hypothyroid patients referred to an Endocrinology clinic
detectabilidad (2 pacientes). were found to have zero prevalence of serum thyrotropin-receptor antibo-
Conclusiones: los pacientes hipotiroideos remitidos a una consulta de En- dies. It is, therefore, unnecessary to determine these antibodies in this
docrinologa no presentan positividad para anticuerpos anti-receptor de type of patients. On the other hand, the finding of positive thyrotropin-
tirotropina en suero. Resulta, por tanto, innecesaria la peticin de estos receptor antibodies in serum is specific for Graves disease, which can
anticuerpos en este grupo de pacientes. Inversamente, unos anticuerpos be diagnosed on this basis whatever the patients thyroid function.
positivos seran especficos de la enfermedad de Graves-Basedow, que
podra diagnosticarse sobre esta base cualquiera que fuese el estatus Key words: Thyrotropin receptor antibodies. Autoimmune hypo-
de funcin tiroidea de un paciente. thyroidism. Thyroid peroxidase antibodies. Graves
disease. Analytical methods.
Palabras clave: Anticuerpos anti-receptor de tirotropina. Hipotiroid-
ismo autoinmunitario. Anticuerpos anti-peroxidasa
tiroidea. Enfermedad de Graves-Basedow. Mtodos
analticos.
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